CVE-2020-7789

low-risk
Published 2020-12-11

This affects the package node-notifier before 9.0.0. It allows an attacker to run arbitrary commands on Linux machines due to the options params not being sanitised when being passed an array.

Do I need to act?

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0.20% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
5
CVSS 5.6/10 Medium
NETWORK / HIGH complexity

Affected Products (1)

Node-Notifier

Affected Vendors

Node-Notifier Project

References (6)

Broken Link https://github.com/mikaelbr/node-notifier/blob/master/lib/utils.js%23L303
Third Party Advisory https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-1050371
Third Party Advisory https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-NODENOTIFIER-1035794
Broken Link https://github.com/mikaelbr/node-notifier/blob/master/lib/utils.js%23L303
Third Party Advisory https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-1050371
Third Party Advisory https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-NODENOTIFIER-1035794
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low-risk
Severity 18/34 · Moderate
Exploitability 1/34 · Minimal
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal